Richard Moss (1823 – 2 March 1905) was an English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1880 and 1892.
Moss was the son of Richard Moss of the City of London. He was educated privately and was involved in brewing interests in London before becoming a brewer in Winchester. He was secretary and later chairman of the County Brewers' Society and took part in the amendment of the licensing laws in 1869 and 1872. He was one time master of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners.[1]
Moss married Mary Jeffreys Snow, daughter of John Wright Snow of London in 1858. Their daughter Ada Mary Moss married Howard Kemp Prossor at St Peter's Church, Pimlico, on April 16, 1914.
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^Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
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